Dump-wagon.



GJM. HAESKE.

DUMP WAGON.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 12, 1909.

9539?@3@ Patented Ap?. 5, MEG.

narran CHARLES M.

invade HAESKE, GF SOUTH BEND, NDIANA.

Specification of Letters Eatent.

itatented Apr. 5, isti?.

To all whom it may concern.'

Ee it known that l, CHARLES M. Linens, citizen of the United States, residing at South Bend, in the county of St. Joseph and State of indiana, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Dumplilagons, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in dump wagons.

The invention has for its object the provision of improved means for support-ing aux" iliary sides in position, said sides being adapted to be placed in a position that will not interfere with the loading of the wagon box,

A further object is to provide an improved sectional dumping bottom for the wagon box, and means timing the closing of said bottom in such manner that one section is placed in position in advance of the other.

The invention will be hereinafter fully set forth and particularly pointed out in the claims.

ln the accompanying drawings :!i*`igure .l is a side elevation illustrating my improved wagon. lEig. Q is a rear end view thereof. l ig. 3 is a transverse sectional. view with the bot-tom closed. Fig. l is an enlarged detail sectional view illustrating the method of closing the bottom sections.

lteferring to the drawing, l0 designates a wagon of any preferred shape, the body of which is provided with the usual side boards ll and end boards l2. 'ln order to increase the capacity of the box or body, i employ auxiliary side boards 1?, and in order to avoid the extra height in loading these side boards are hinged to the `ends of the body by means of bars lll, pivotally supported at l5 and. rigidly secured to said auxiliary side boards. By this arrangement the auxiliary side boards l?) can be raised high out of the way in loading until the body is full, when they can be lowered. and the extra load put on over them. A pin 1G adjacent each bar la is arranged to limit the throw of the latter at a point slightly past. the pivot, whereby the side boards will be supported in their elevated positions. Each of said auxiliary side boards is provided with reduced portions or handles 17 at its ends.

The bottom of tho wagon is preferably formed in four drop sections, arranged to close in pairs. The sect-ions 20, 20 being pivoted to the sides ll, and the sections 2l, Q1 pivoted to a. central bar 22. Each section 2l, 2l has bolted to it a short bar or tinger 23 which terminates in a hook end adapted to engage the end of the lifting chain 25. Said chains are preferably led over pulleys 26 to a drum or shaft QS which may be operated in any suitable manner. l have illustrated hand lever il() for this purpose. rllhe free end of each section 20, Q0 is preferably provided with an antifriction roller 30.

ln operation, as the chain is drawn up, the linger Q?) contacts with the. roller 30 on the free end of the section 2O or Q0, as the case may be, lifting said section, but owing to the arrangement of the parts, the section 2O or 20 will rise later than the section Q1 or 2l', and hence close under the inner edge of the latter, as will. be readily iur derstoed upon reference to fi.

lt is quite obvious from the foregoing, that any degree of delayed contact between finger 23 and section 2G may be provided for by varying the angle of said finger with relation to its support-ing section.

l claim as my invention l. As an improvement in wagons, a body provided with a sectional bottom, the sections oi" which are arranged in pairs, a linger carried by one section of each pair and extending beyond the adjacent free edge of the other section, chains engaging the free ends of said lingers for moving said sections to their closed positions, the other sections provided upon their under faces adjacent their free edges with rollers for engagement with the free ends of said lingers.

2. ris an improvement in wagons, a body provided witha sectional bottom, the sections of which are ranged in pairs, a vtinger carried by one section of each pair and extending beyond the adjacent free edge of the other section, chains engaging the free ends of said lingers for moving said sections to their closed positions, the other sections provided upon their under faces adjacent their free edges with rollers for engagement with the free. ends of said lingers, and a eentral bar to which the inner sections are pi voted, the outer sections closable under the under edges of the inner sections.

ln testimony whereof l afliX .my siginiture, in presence of two witnesses.

CH A BLE S irl. il nl?. SKR.

,Vitnesses A. E. DUsiniN n, J. DUsHANn. 

